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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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